# George Stinney

Overturned · 1944

George Junius Stinney Jr. (October 21, 1929 – June 16, 1944) was an African American boy who was wrongfully executed at the age of 14 after being convicted, during an unfair trial, for the murders of two white girls – 11-year-old Betty June Binnicker (December 9, 1932 – March 22, 1944) and 8-year-old Mary Emma Thames (March 14, 1936 – March 22, 1944) – in his hometown of Alcolu, South Carolina. He was tried,…

Original record: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=10304163
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/george-stinney-w10304163

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